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July 30, 2014January 9, 2018 Working Class History Blog

Launch statement

Today, 30 July, anniversary of the first recorded strike in North American history, we are launching a new working class history page on Facebook to celebrate our history: people’s history. Continue reading “Launch statement” →

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On this day, 16 April 1970, a white foreman at a Chrysler plant in Detroit threatened to murder a Black worker. When the worker complained Chrysler went to sack the worker claiming he had a knife. Around 1,000 workers, white and Black, walked out on strike in protest, shutting the plant for an entire weekend until management backed down.
On this day, 16 April 1999, the Military Action against Iraq (Parliamentary Approval) Bill, introduced by an anti-war member of parliament, was scheduled to have its second reading. The law would have meant that any military action taken by the UK against Iraq would have to be voted for by a majority of MPs, rather than launched unilaterally by the government.
On this day, 15 April 1973, thousands of members of the United Farm Workers union walked out on strike in California's Coachella and San Joaquin valleys.
On this day, 15 April 1989, reformist Chinese Communist Party leader Hu Yaobang died, prompting a gathering of workers in Tiananmen Square within an hour, and eventually sparking a wave of protests by students and workers across the country which would only be crushed by the military several weeks later.
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